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1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 28
Wednesday, July 4, 1973 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:31:27
Average Speed: 158.468 mph
Pole Speed: 179.619 mph

Cautions: 2 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 6 cl
Attendance: 60,000
Lead changes: 25

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
30	1	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	125	3,730	engine	45
36	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	65	3,190	crash	33
39	3	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	13	2,925	engine	2
2	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	160	11,875	running	29
38	5	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	35	730	engine	0
1	6	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	160	16,100	running	51
5	7	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	156	4,200	running	0
32	8	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	118	1,260	overheating	0
25	9	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury	143	1,325	running	0
28	10	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Racing (DiGard)	'73 Chevrolet	131	1,060	windshield	0
26	11	30	Walter Ballard	HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	143	1,790	running	0
13	12	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	150	2,270	running	0
11	13	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	151	2,300	running	0
27	14	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	132	1,730	overheating	0
16	15	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	147	1,975	running	0
4	16	28	Gordon Johncock	Pylon Wiper Blades (Hoss Ellington)	'73 Chevrolet	156	4,350	running	0
40	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	2	1,270	engine	0
37	18	50	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (A.J. Foyt)	'73 Chevrolet	46	550	rear end	0
34	19	61	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	87	1,280	oil leak	0
7	20	45	Vic Parsons	Thundercraft Boat (Bill Seifert)	'71 Ford	153	3,005	running	0
9	21	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'72 Ford	153	2,650	running	0
14	22	49	G.C. Spencer	Camcraft (G.C. Spencer)	'72 Dodge	150	1,625	running	0
6	23	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	'71 Dodge	154	3,450	running	0
10	24	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	152	1,510	running	0
31	25	23	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'73 Dodge	123	820	running	0
20	26	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	146	1,075	running	0
22	27	97	Raymond Williams	Jug (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	146	1,005	running	0
24	28	10	Bill Champion	Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	145	1,300	running	0
3	29	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	156	9,375	running	0
15	30	25	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	148	1,850	running	0
35	31	5	Dick Simon	TravelLodge Motels (Doc Faustina)	'73 Dodge	82	895	handling	0
33	32	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	102	1,300	engine	0
29	33	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'73 Dodge	126	1,210	running	0
18	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Cherokee Construction (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	146	1,625	running	0
12	35	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	150	1,775	running	0
8	36	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing (Marty Robbins)	'73 Dodge	153	1,500	running	0
23	37	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	145	900	running	0
17	38	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	147	1,650	running	0
21	39	92	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label (Harley Smith)	'71 Mercury	146	1,050	running	0
19	40	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	146	1,600	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	1	1
Bobby Isaac	2	3	2
Bobby Allison	4	4	1
Cale Yarborough	5	7	3
Bobby Allison	8	8	1
Cale Yarborough	9	10	2
Bobby Allison	11	13	3
Cale Yarborough	14	34	21
David Pearson	35	35	1
Bobby Allison	36	36	1
Cale Yarborough	37	41	5
Bobby Allison	42	44	3
Cale Yarborough	45	46	2
Bobby Allison	47	65	19
David Pearson	66	78	13
Richard Petty	79	82	4
Bobby Allison	83	95	13
Richard Petty	96	99	4
David Pearson	100	101	2
Bobby Allison	102	104	3
Richard Petty	105	109	5
David Pearson	110	115	6
Richard Petty	116	128	13
David Pearson	129	137	9
Richard Petty	138	140	3
David Pearson	141	160	20

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